Barry Jacobs: Heels sparkle in the limelight

Posted Oct 12, 2008
To his credit, North Carolina’s Butch Davis acknowledged the obvious, departing from the usual, blandly inoffensive all-teams-are-created-equal coaching line to celebrate the victory, at least in passing. “Beating Notre Dame is a huge win, let’s not kid ourselves,” he said. “It’s a nice win for our football program, but it’s still halfway through the season. We didn’t set out, our goal at the beginning of the season wasn’t to win five games.” (WRAL Sports Fan)

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